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Owing to comp time and vacation time and the Olympics and such, I’ve gotten out of the habit in recent weeks of posting the most-watched TV shows in town. Sorry about that. Here are the most-watched shows n Houston for the week of April 26-May 2, according to the Nielsen Co. Most-viewed TV shows: Rankings […]
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Couple of nuggets that didn’t make their way into my story today on Rice star third baseman Anthony Rendon: • Originally, I was planning on working the angle of how close he is to his older brother, David, whose dreams of making it big in baseball didn’t quite materialize due to injury. But it didn’t […]
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The complete release from the sports information director is posted below, and to read more about Bruno Rosa, read my notebook that was published today. The Rice Owls men’s team added to an illustrious season by capturing all but one of Conference USA’s specialty awards, the conference office announced on Thursday. Senior Bruno Rosa was […]
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Texas has more than 620,000 registered boats, more than all but four other states. We’d rank higher if Texas, like many other states, required registration of non-motorized boats such as kayaks and canoes. That’s an armada of boats. And a lot of people in boats. And if you don’t believe it, check out Clear Lake […]
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Some updates on the life and death of longtime baseball announcer Ernie Harwell, who died Tuesday night: Memorial donations may be made to the Ernie Harwell Foundation, which benefits the Detroit Public Library and scholarship funds at the University of Michigan, Wayne State University, Northern Michigan University and Adrian College. The address is Ernie Harwell […]
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The great Ernie Harwell, one of baseball’s greatest announcers and one of its finest gentlemen, died Tuesday at his home in Novi, Mich. He was 92. The Tigers rarely made it to Houston, but I had a brief visit with Harwell in 1999 when the team was in town. He was one of the best, […]
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Texas guard Avery Bradley, who declared himself eligible for the NBA draft last month, is hiring an agent and will definitely not return to the Longhorns next season, a UT source said Tuesday. Bradley, who averaged 11.6 points and 2.7 rebounds per game as a freshman last season, had until Saturday to withdraw his name […]
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Rice golfer Jade Scott was honored Tuesday as the Conference USA Freshman of the Year while Drew Scott was named the league’s Coach of the Year. In addition, Christopher Brown, who won last week’s C-USA individual conference title, was named all-conference first team. Michael Buttacavoli was a second-team selection. Next for the Owls is Monday’s […]
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Given the state of the local nine, this would be a good day to watch documentaries instead of baseball. At 5 p.m., Fox Sports Houston rebroadcasts Jerry LeVias: A Marked Man, its hourlong profile of the former SMU football star who was the first African-American scholarship football player in Southwest Conference history. LeVias is being […]
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